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  • English Word Callithumpian Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
  • English Word Callosan Definition Of the callosum.
  • English Word Callose Definition Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
  • English Word Callosities Definition of Callosity
  • English Word Callosity Definition A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.
  • English Word Callosum Definition The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
  • English Word Callot Definition A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.
  • English Word Callot Definition A close cap without visor or brim.
  • English Word Callot Definition Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.
  • English Word Callot Definition Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets.
  • English Word Callot Definition Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • English Word Callous Definition Hardened; indurated.
  • English Word Callous Definition Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible.
  • English Word Callow Definition Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
  • English Word Callow Definition Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth.
  • English Word Callow Definition A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
  • English Word Callus Definition Same as Callosity
  • English Word Callus Definition The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
  • English Word Callus Definition The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
  • English Word Callyciflorous Definition Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
  • English Word Calm Definition Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity.
  • English Word Calm Definition To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.
  • English Word Calm Definition To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.
  • English Word Calm Definition Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed.
  • English Word Calm Definition Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech.
  • English Word Calmed Definition of Calm
  • English Word Calmer Definition One who, or that which, makes calm.
  • English Word Calming Definition of Calm
  • English Word Calmly Definition In a calm manner.
  • English Word Calmness Definition The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.